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MITRE Corporation

Looking for several people to do Agent-Based
modeling to support the federal government.  We are a not-for-profit
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC).   The group I am
in specializes in modeling and simulation to support policy makers and we
have developed models for the Department of Homeland Security (border 
patrol modeling) and for Epidemic Control (disease spread).  We have several 
other pending projects along these lines.  If you are interested in working in 
the D.C. area and you would like to work on behalf of the public good, please
send me your resume for consideration.  Unfortunately, we can only hire 
U.S. Citizens. 

More Information At:
 http://www.Mitre.org 

RA Position available at ITI, Valencia (Spain)

Research Assistant position available at the Instituto Tecnologico de
Informatica, Valencia (Spain)
                                                                                                              
More information at:
http://www.iti.upv.es/cas/
http://www.iti.upv.es/cas/JobOffer.htm

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Job Description
        3-year contract, full time, as a programmer/experimentalist on the 
NADEWeb project.  The successful candidate will be expected to start immediately.
                                                                                                              
Project Description
        NADEWeb (Nuevos Algoritmos Distribuidos y Evolutivos en la Web) is a three
year collaborative research project between ITI, and the Universities of
Granada and Complutense, Madrid. The goal of the project is to extend an
existing software toolbox called DREAM (Distributed Resource Evolutionary
Algorithm Machine). The DREAM architecture allows a collection of computers
to work in parallel and for these to be used in running evolutionary
algorithms. Our aim is to extend DREAM with new types of evolutionary
algorithms (e.g. memetic algorithms, evolvable neural networks) and also to
make it work in real-time. We also aim to use DREAM in new application
areas. As far as ITI is concerned we plan to use DREAM to evolve new types
of signal processing tools and classifiers for our Brain Computer Interface
project.
                                                                                                              
Skills Required
        Strong background in computer science or engineering (with relevant degree).
        Some knowledge of digital signal processing.
        Some knowledge of evolutionary/genetic algorithms (or willing to learn)
        Experience in Parallel / Distributed / Grid processing.
        Excellent programming skills (Java, C++, XML, SOAP)
        English spoken (essential) and written
Tasks
        Design and implementation of Digital Signal Processing algorithms for
        Machine Learning.
        Design and implementation of bio-inspired and evolutionary algorithms.
        Design and realisation of experiments and statistical analysis thereof.
        Integration of computer cluster into grid architecture.
        Adaptation of DREAM architecture for real time work.
        Preparation of technical reports and publications.
        Liaison with researchers in the other groups involved in the project.
        Attending and contributing to relevant meetings.
Location
        Valencia (Spain)
                                                                                                              
Send CV (including names of referees) to: cas@iti.upv.es 
(reference: NADEWeb)	

Professorship in the Theory of Complex Systems

University of Manchester
School of Physics and Astronomy
                                                                                                              
Professorship in the
Theory of Complex Systems
                                                                                                              
The position is one of a series of high-profile professorial
appointments which is being made as an initial phase in the enhancement
of research performance in the new University of Manchester which is
being created by the merger with UMIST. The individual who will be
appointed to the position will undertake research which will be strongly
inter-disciplinary in character and which will actively involve
researchers from other Schools and Faculties from within the new
University. It is anticipated that one or more lectureships associated
with this post will also be funded.
                                                                                                              
Further information about position, the new School and the current
theory group may be found at: http://theory.ph.man.ac.uk/vacantpost
                                                                                                              
Details of how to apply may be found at
http://www.anewvision.org.uk

Closing date: Friday, February 27th, 2004

Alan McKane                http://theory.ph.man.ac.uk/~ajm/home.html

Positions at Informatics

http://www.informatics.indiana.edu/positions/
                                                                                
Faculty Positions (Fall 2004)
                                                                                
The State of Indiana has committed new base funding that will allow
the School to hire as many as 60 additional faculty over the next few
years at our Bloomington (IUB), Indianapolis (IUPUI) and South Bend
(IUSB) campuses.
                                                                                
Further information about specific target areas at IUB:
                                                                                
Bioinformatics
Chemical Informatics
Science Informatics
Cybersecurity
Discovery and Application of Information
Human-Computer Interaction Design
Music Informatics
Social Informatics
Mathematical Foundations of Informatics
Complex Systems, Modeling, Simulation, and Statistical Informatics

Visiting Assistant Professor, Human Ecology

The Department of Environmental Science and Policy at George Mason
University announces a visiting professorship in the field of Human
Ecology. The department is seeking an individual to teach undergraduate
and graduate courses in environment and society and a graduate seminar in
their area of expertise.  A Ph.D. is desired. The successful applicant
will have the opportunity to interact with the forty faculty and nearly
200 graduate students in the department's vibrant graduate programs. The
position is guaranteed for the fall term and may be renewed for the spring
depending on a faculty leave return. For further information on the
department, consult the web at http://mason.gmu.edu/~espp. To apply send a
letter of interest, CV, and names of three academic references
to: Dr. R. Christian Jones, Chair, Department of Environmental Science and
Policy, George Mason University, 4400 University Dr. MSN 5F2, Fairfax, VA
22030.  Review of applications will begin on July 10, 2003. AA/EOE.

PostDoc position in CASOS at CMU

This postdoc is in the area of multi-agent simulations and 
social  networks.  Postdoc will work with the CASOS team, 
Kathleen Carley, and David Krackhardt.

Responsibilities will include helping to develop and test
multi-agent network models at the nation-state level, and 
write drafts and edit papers in this area.  These models will 
include the inter-relations and intra-relations among 
nation-states, political entities, leaders, military and 
religious factions.  
Primary focus is on the way in which 
actions by one group/actor can infleunce the actions of 
another, potential for escalating/reducing tension, transfer 
of resources.
Secondary focus is on the emergence of stable and unstable 
situations within or among these entities.

Requirements:  Applicant needs to be able to program in C, have 
worked on a PC in windows, have experience with microsoft 
products - excel, powerpoint, and word, elementary statistical 
background.  Applicant needs to have a Ph.D. and  be a US 
citizen or permanent resident.

Preferred abilities:  While the following are not requirements, 
evidence of experience in these areas is prefered.  
 - Background in international relations, multi-agent systems, or network 
analysis.  
 - Knowledge of HTML.
 - Experience in developing web pages.
 
  Start date:  at the latest, June 1, 2003.
  Time:  This is a 1-2 year position.

Applicants should send to kathleen.carley@cmu.edu a cv, with 
information on what computer languages the applicant can 
program in and level of experience in programming, plus email 
id of one person to obtain a reference from.

Graduate Research Assistantship Position

A one-year graduate research assistantship position is available at George
Mason University for the 2003-2004 academic year.  The position includes
tuition waivers for up to 12 credits (6 per semester) and a stipend
ranging from $9,200 to $10,860, depending on prior
experience.   Continuation of funding beyond 2003-2004 will be dependent
on the availability of research funds.  Candidates should posses a subset
of skills in the following areas:

-  Geographic information systems applications.
-  Locating and compiling geographic data sources, especially
   socioeconomic data.
-  Object-oriented programming, especially Java.
-  Agent-based modeling.
-  Searching for and reviewing academic literature in geography, regional
   science, and economics, including bibliographic database management.
-  Spatial and a-spatial statistical analysis.

Candidates should also ideally have some interest in:
-  Agent-based simulation models and computational social science.
-  Land-use modeling.
-  Issues related to urban land use patterns and land-use conversion at
   the urban/rural fringe.
-  Modeling environmental impacts of land-use change.
-  Spatial economics/economic geography.

George Mason University offers a Masters of Science program in geography
and a Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Policy.  A Ph.D. concentration in
computational social science is also under development through the Center
for Social Complexity, and a two-semester introductory graduate sequence
is currently offered. In addition, related graduate programs are available
in the schools of public policy, information technology and engineering,
and computational science.  Interested applicants should send a current CV
via e-mail or snail mail to:

Dawn Cassandra Parker
Assistant Professor
Departments of Geography and Environmental Science and Policy
Center for Social Complexity
George Mason University
4400 University Drive, MS 1E2
Fairfax, VA 22030
+1-703-993-4640
dparker3@gmu.edu
http://mason.gmu.edu/~dparker3

Complex Systems Simulation Programmer

Altarum Institute, one of the nation's ten largest not-for-profit research
and innovation companies, has an opening for a summer intern in its Ann
Arbor offices.  Qualified candidates must have the following minimal skill
set: BS candidate (or higher) in Computer Science or related technical
discipline. Must be proficient in JAVA.  Experience in artificial life,
non-linear systems or distributed artificial
intelligence/multi-agent-based systems (including fine-grained emergent
paradigms) preferred. Under the direction of Altarum researchers, the
incumbent will perform simulation experiments in a complex system, analyze
the results, and coauthor a working paper summarizing the outcome. The
system to be analyzed will be chosen in consultation with the incumbent,
and will be related to Altarum's ongoing research in areas such as
resource allocation, the thermodynamics of self-organization, and
biomimetic control. The incumbent may have other responsibilities as well,
as a member of the Agent-Based and Complex Systems team.

Dr. H. Van Dyke Parunak, Chief Scientist, Altarum Institute
van.parunak@altarum.org     www.erim.org/~vparunak
v: +1 734 302 4684          f: +1 734 302 4991
Altarum
3520 Green Court, Suite 300
Ann Arbor, MI 48105-1570

Ecological/Social Modelling Scientist

In the context of a project whose aim is to model the interactions between 
the socio-system and the eco-system in order to study the viability of 
complex systems on the Reunion Island, CIRAD is seeking two senior 
scientists specialized in ecological and social modelling.

The position profiles can be found on the websites:
        Spatialized ecological system modelling scientist:
        http://www.cirad.fr/emploi/postesen/446.html

        Sociologist or social system modelling scientist:
        http://www.cirad.fr/emploi/postesen/447.html

        ** Deadline for applications : 11/18/2002 **

Do not hesitate to broadcast this information to potentially 
interested people. Please note that the phone number at the Reunion 
is false. Please call: + (0)262 92 24 58.

Jean-Pierre M�ller
+33 (0)4 67 59 38 28 or jean-pierre.muller@cirad.fr
see also http://cormas.cirad.fr/indexeng.htm for our activities

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - TENURE TRACK

ANTHROPOLOGY, ECONOMICS, GEOGRAPHY, POLITICAL SCIENCE, OR SOCIOLOGY 
AND RESEARCH APPOINTMENT IN CIPEC

The College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University seeks an Assistant
Professor for a tenure-track position with a research focus on the
institutional analysis of global environmental change, including issues
related to changes in forests. The person should be familiar with diverse
approaches to the study of institutions at local, regional, national, and
international levels. The faculty member would hold a research appointment
with the Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, and 
Environmental Change, funded by the National Science Foundation, and a 
tenure-track faculty position in Anthropology, Geography, Economics, 
Political Science, or Sociology. Good analytical and statistical skills 
are necessary. Capacity to work with scholars from multiple disciplines is 
essential.  Experience in the conduct of field work outside the United 
States is desirable. Evidence of candidate's research performance or 
promise should be provided. In addition to maintaining a research program, 
faculty members are expected to teach two courses per semester at the 
undergraduate and/or graduate level. To assure full consideration, 
applications should be submitted by October 1, 2002. Send a letter of 
application describing research and teaching interests, curriculum vitae, 
sample publications, and three references to:

Elinor Ostrom
CIPEC
Indiana University
408 North Indiana Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47408 USA

Indiana University is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action 
Employer.

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Computing, City University

(4 posts)

These continuing posts will be offered on a salary scale, inclusive of
London Allowance, from �30,736 for beginning lecturers ranging up to
�40,737 according to experience.

In a major planned expansion the Department of Computing at City
University, London, invites applications for up to 4 lectureships in
computing.

In making these new appointments the Department seeks to strengthen its
existing provision in both research and teaching in any or all of the
following areas.

        Advanced Programming Technology;
        Bioinformatics;
        Business Computing and Information Systems;
        Computational Creativity;
        Evolutionary Computing and Operational Research;
        Machine Vision;
        Intelligent Agent Based Systems;
        Software Engineering.

Applications from candidates interested in teaching in the Business
Computing area are particularly welcome.

Successful candidates will show an ability and commitment to teach at
University level and will demonstrate established research records or
strong research potential in fields relevant to the work areas currently
proceeding in the Department. Their CVs will include a PhD or equivalent,
either completed or very near completion. Candidates for Senior
Lectureships will be expected to have a high profile presence in the
relevant UK and international research community, a recent track record of
successful grant holding, or equivalent, as well as a track record of
research supervision.

Department of Computing, School of Informatics

Closing date: 5 April 2002

Further information can be found at www.city.ac.uk/hr/jobs/sc569ad.htm

PhD Studentship and Jobs in CASA at University College, London

We have a bunch of studentships here at CASA for next session and I am
anxious to get good scientifically literate graduates to work here with
us. We have many people from overseas but no Americans or Canadians and we
are anxious to try to attract peopel from North America to work in UCL
with us. Many of our projects are modelling based and in particular this
year we have one which is based on developing pedestrian models of local
movement building on a variety of physical ideas. here is the list and
please look at our web site. Please ask your students if they are 
interested.
   
The following seven openings are available at CASA commencing in September
2002. The ESRC CASE Awards are scholarships comprising a maintenance grant
and fees for full three year periods for UK students. We also encourage
applications from funded overseas students and prospective applicants for 
ESRC Competition Awards.

An ESRC CASE award, in collaboration with Ordnance Survey investigating 
3-D representations of urban form

An ESRC CASE award, working with ABM software, investigating the
geographical and temporal pattern of road traffic accidents using GIS.

An ESRC CASE award, working with the Police Foundation, to devise
geographically-sensitive performance measures for policing.

An ESRC CASE award, working with Intelligent Space, to develop
mathematical models of pedestrian movement.

An ESRC CASE award investigating the social and economic value of earth
observation data

Two Ph.D. studentships (maintenance grant and fees) to work in any area of
computer applications relevant to activity in CASA (or the
other areas of computer application in Geography: see
http://www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/research/), 
each available for up to 3 years.

A three year fixed term lectureship, involving teaching and research in
CASA-related activities.

For all these jobs see

http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/jobs.htm

Thanks

Mike Batty

Tenure Track Position in Modelling of Socio-Technic-Economic Systems

The Department of Systems Analysis, Integrated Assessment and Modelling
(SIAM) of the Swiss Federal Institute of Environmental Science and
Technology (EAWAG) is seeking applications for a
Tenure Track Position in Modelling of Socio-Technic-Economic Systems.

The Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology,
8600 D�ben-dorf, Switzerland (http://www.eawag.ch) is a federal
institute for water research and pro-tection with close ties to the
Swiss Federal Institute of Techno-lo-gy (ETH; (http://www.ethz.ch). The
Department of Systems Analysis, Integrated Assess-ment and Modelling
(SIAM; (http://www.eawag.ch/research_e/siam) is concerned with 
modelling
aquatic environmental systems and integrated modelling of environmental,
technical and socioeconomic systems.

The candidate should build up a research group that develops simulation
models for socio-technic-economic systems and applies them to actors and
institutions involved in environmental decision making and material flux
management. Of special interest to our department is the development of
innovative models, such as agent-based social simulation models, that go
beyond standard modeling practice in this field. The activity of the new
group should strengthen the ongoing research in our department on
integrated modelling for improving understanding and support of
environmental decision making. It should complement the natural science
and environmental engineering experience in our department and at EAWAG
by knowledge of social systems. In addition to conceptural and
theoretical work, the new group should be engaged in applications of
the models to decision makers involved in water use (such as farmers and
consumers) and together with decision makers relevant for water
ressources management (such as governmental authorities). This is
intended to be done in collaborations with other departments of EAWAG
e.g. in the fields of the development and dissemination of sustainable
urban drainage techniques (Departments of Environmental Engineering and
Urban Water Management), of management of rivers and reservoirs
(Department of Applied Aquatic Ecology) and in projects in the planned
new Depart-ment of Socio-Economics of Water.

Requirements for the position are
� a PhD degree in Decision Sciences, Environmental Engineering,
Economics, Computer Science, or En-viron-mental Sciences,
� research experience in the development and application of novel
socio-economic models such as agent-based models,
� a profound knowledge of statistics and experience in data analysis,  
� a strong interest in interdisciplinary collaboration.

Please send your CV and an outline of research interests to Ms. Karin
Ghilardi, EAWAG, POB 611, 8600 D�ben-dorf, Switzerland. Further
information is available from PD Dr. Peter Reichert, (reichert@eawag.ch).

Non-Academic Jobs

The D. E. Shaw group has two openings.
Contact: Yi Li

Software Developer

The D. E. Shaw group is looking for top-notch software developers to help it expand its proprietary and technology ventures businesses. Software developers with the D. E. Shaw group design and deploy (as well as manage the development of) applications for the firm's trading, venture capital, back office, and support activities. This includes automating and streamlining a broad spectrum of computerized trading systems, designing and implementing software improvements, and ensuring the reliable operation of our trading software, hardware, and data inputs. Responsibilities may also include some mathematical or quantitative analysis. We are seeking outstanding graduates (BS, MS, and Ph.D.) in CS from top-tier universities. Candidates must be excellent programmers with a sound understanding of systems, programming paradigms, and software engineering practices. They will ideally have prior experience with nontrivial software projects in an academic or industry setting.

Quantitative Analyst

Quants at the D. E. Shaw group apply sophisticated numerical techniques and write software to analyze and develop statistical models for our computerized financial trading strategies. Their work involves examining trading data to determine ways of increasing profitability, decreasing risk, and lowering transaction costs. In addition, quants research financial literature to identify new trading ideas and create simulations to test them. Quants with the D. E. Shaw group have traditionally been the top students in their respective math, physics, engineering, and computer science programs; a considerable number of them have also competed successfully in the United States and International Math Olympiads as well as the Putnam Competition.

About the D.E.Shaw Group:

Founded by Dr. David E. Shaw, formerly a professor of computer science at Columbia University, the D. E. Shaw group is a specialized investment and technology development firm whose activities center on various aspects of the intersection between technology and finance. Headquartered in New York, the D. E. Shaw group encompasses a number of closely related entities with approximately US $14 billion in aggregate capital. Activities range from computer-based quantitative investment management to the development and financing of technology-oriented business ventures, but are tied together by a common focus on the economic implications of technological innovation. Since its organization in 1988, the firm has earned an international reputation for financial innovation and technological leadership, and has been described as "the most intriguing and mysterious force on Wall Street.*"

In addition to using advanced mathematical and computational techniques to trade in various domestic and international securities markets, the D. E. Shaw group also devotes substantial resources to the conceptualization, early-stage development, and financing of internally developed start-up ventures within industries it believes are likely to be fundamentally transformed by the use of technology. Past ventures organized within and/or funded largely by the D. E. Shaw group include one of the nation's largest Internet service providers (Juno Online Services, Inc.); a leading provider of computational chemistry software (Schrödinger); and a highly regarded drug discovery firm pursuing a promising new approach to the treatment of cancer (Attenuon, LLC). D. E. Shaw Research & Development (DESRAD) is currently working on an ambitious, long-term project aimed at fundamentally transforming the process of drug discovery. DESRAD is attempting to develop a massively parallel special-purpose computer to direct unprecedented computational power toward the solution of key scientific and technical problems in the field of molecular dynamics simulation and design. In order to reach these goals, we are building a team of some of the world's leading computational chemists and biologists, hardware engineers and computer scientists.

A disproportionate percentage of our staff members have doctorates in technical fields, and most of our senior managers come from a mathematics or computer science background. A number of our Managing Directors, Vice Presidents, and Associates have placed in the highest echelons of the Putnam Competition, the International Math Olympiad, the U.S. Chess Championship, and other prestigious competitions. We are looking for people of comparable caliber. When we find them, they might have the chance to work on applications of quantitative techniques to finance, computational problems relevant to drug design, the development of novel computer hardware architectures, or any of a number of other projects.

NewVectors, LLC has two openings in the area of complex systems and agent-based modeling; see below for the complete job descriptions. General information on NewVectors is at: http://www.newvectors.net

Send your resume to recruit@altarum.org, with "Resume" in the subject line. Please make sure to indicate the job codes of the position(s) you are interested in. If you have technical questions about our work, email Van.Parunak@newvectors.net. Some of our group's papers are available at http://www.newvectors.net/staff/parunakv/papers_chron.htm

Job Title: Programmer Analyst Job Code: NV-JS-01-06
Number of Positions: 1
Requirement Priority: Active
Job Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Job Type: Full Time
Job Requirements:

• Years Experience: 4-8
• Degree: BA/BS Related

Candidates must have the following skill set: BS in Computer Science or related technical discipline. Minimum 4 years experience in applications programming. Experience in artificial life, non-linear systems or distributed artificial intelligence/multi-agent-based systems (including fine-grained emergent paradigms) preferred. Strong object-oriented design experience with understanding of object-oriented programming languages required. Must be proficient in JAVA C++, and XML. Must have excellent oral skills and writing ability. Experience with theory of chaotic systems preferred. Must have the ability to work with a team of software engineers in a research environment. U.S. citizenship strongly preferred.

Responsibilities include: Member of project team involved in conceptualizing, designing, developing, implementing, and executing distributed fine-grained agent-based systems, simulations, and analysis of complex systems.

Job Title: Systems Engineer
Job Code: NV-JS-02-06
Number of Positions: 1
Requirement Priority: Active
Job Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Job Type: Full Time
Job Requirements:

• Years Experience: 2-4
• Degree: Ph.D. in Computer Science or equivalent

Qualified candidates must have the following skill set: Ph.D. in Computer Science or related technical discipline. Experience in artificial life, non-linear systems, biomimetic control, or distributed artificial intelligence/multi-agent-based systems (including fine-grained emergent paradigms) required. Experience with theory of chaotic systems or statistical physics preferred. Strong object-oriented design experience with understanding of object-oriented programming languages required. Must be proficient in JAVA and XML. Must have excellent oral skills and writing ability. Must have the ability to work with a team of software engineers in a research environment. U.S. citizenship strongly preferred.

Responsibilities include: Technical lead on project teams involved in developing, implementing, and executing agent-based systems, simulations, and analysis of complex systems. Authoring journal articles, preparing and delivering presentations at technical conferences. Conceptualizing and assisting in the development of proposals.

Looking for a new hire

Qualified candidates must have the following skill set: Ph.D. in Computer
Science or related technical discipline with 2-4 years
experience.  Experience in artificial life, non-linear systems, biomimetic
control, or distributed artificial intelligence/multi-agent-based systems
(including fine-grained emergent paradigms) required.  Experience with
theory of chaotic systems or statistical physics preferred. Strong
object-oriented design experience with understanding of object-oriented
programming languages required.  Must be proficient in JAVA and XML.  Must
have excellent oral skills and writing ability.  Must have the ability to
work with a team of software engineers in a research environment. U.S.
citizenship is required.  Responsibilities include:  Technical lead on
project teams involved in developing, implementing, and executing
agent-based systems, simulations, and analysis of complex systems.
Authoring journal articles, preparing and delivering presentations at
technical conferences. Conceptualizing and assisting in the development of
proposals.

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Dr. H. Van Dyke Parunak, Chief Scientist, Altarum Institute
van.parunak@altarum.org  www.altarum.net/~vparunak
v: +1 734 302 4684       f: +1 734 302 4991
Altarum
3520 Green Court, Suite 300
Ann Arbor, MI 48105-1570

Job opening on NetLogo development Team

This is a full time position for a software developer.  We're at
Northwestern University in Illinois (Evanston campus).  For information
on how to apply, visit:
                                                                                                              
   http://webcomm.ur.northwestern.edu:8080/jobs/position?req=006896
                                                                                                              
Position Requirements
                                                                                                              
   The responsibilities of this position in the School of Education and
   Social Policy include: collaborating with the NetLogo development
   team in designing the structure of NetLogo and HubNet; writing code
   independently, but under the direction of IT Software Engineer 5;
   supporting the development of new features for NetLogo to support the
   needs of a research project to use NetLogo to model the growth of
   cities, in collaboration with graduate students and faculty in the NU
   Computer Science department and at partner universities; updating and
   documenting existing curricular activities between HubNet and
   NetLogo; creating new such activities in NetLogo; supporting
   development of network of new devices to interact with HubNet;
   interacting with commercial and academic partners to help determine
   design and functional requirements for HubNet; performing data
   collection, organization and summarization for the projects;
   maintaining project database; assisting with coordination of team
   activities; and performing other related duties as assigned.
                                                                                                              
   The preferred qualifications include: a Bachelor's degree in computer
   science or a closely related field or near completion of a Bachelor's
   degree together with relevant academic and industry experience, or
   the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
   from which comparable skills can be acquired; experience and comfort
   with working effectively as part of a small to medium sized software
   development team, including close collaboration and team coding;
   experience with Java programming, GUI design, and Lisp or Lisp-like
   languages; exposure to concepts of software architecture and team
   software engineering processes; experience working on research
   projects in an academic environment; understanding of secondary
   school math and science content.

Quantitative Research Analyst SSgA02-185

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA)
Quantitative Research Analyst SSgA02-185

The primary role of the Research Analyst is to work with other
analysts in the Advanced Research Center, and with investment groups,
in the development and improvement of forecasting models for active
quantitative strategies. This position will provide the opportunity to
lead projects and develop and apply advanced statistical methods
across a wide range of investment strategies involving stock-level and
aggregated (bottom-up) quantitative approaches.

A well qualified candidate would have at least some of these:

At least two years' experience working as a quantitative equity
portfolio manager or a PHD in a relevant field.
Strong computer skills and good programming experience (especially
SAS and MATLAB)
Genuine depth in statistics or econometrics
Able to work well in a collaborative group environment
Good presentation skills

An advanced degree with a strong numerical or statistical component
preferred.

Please send all resumes to:
Attention Terence Lynch at Tmlynch@ssga.com   Job code SSgA03-185
Terence Lynch
State Street Global Advisors
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA
02111-2900

2 Immediate Openings for Research Programmers at Genetic Progamming Inc.

2 Immediate Openings for Research Programmers for Genetic Programming
Research at Genetic Progamming Inc. in California
                                                                                
Genetic Programming Inc. is a small privately funded corporation using a
beowulf cluster computer system consisting of 1,000 Pentium processors to 
do research in applying genetic programming to produce human-competitive
results. Our current focus is on automating the invention process and
generating useful, patentable, and human-competitive inventions by means 
of genetic programming. Our group publishes and presents numerous research
papers each year at various scientific conferences and journals (both in 
the field of genetic and evolutionary computation and in the fields of the
work). A good overview of the type of work we do can be seen on the home
page of Genetic Programming Inc. at www.genetic-programming.com 
and the home page of John R. Koza at Stanford University is
http://www.smi.stanford.edu/people/koza.
                                                                                
Our current genetic programming system is written in Java and the 
simulators we work with are typically written in C.
                                                                                
The RESEARCH PROGRAMMER position requires the ability to discuss and
contribute ideas on how to approach the new problems; to write, debug, and
run the necessary programs in the context of our existing software and
hardware system; to analyze the results (and refine the code); and to
participate in the writing up of the results for publication. Although
actual programming will consume less than half of the time, the person in
this position must be able to efficiently and accurately write a large
amount of code. Thus, excellent programming skills and productivity are a
must. This position calls for at least a B.S. degree and at least two 
years experience in Java and/or C doing academic or corporate research
programming. A Master's degree is preferable and a PhD degree would be 
even more desirable. The successful candidate is expected to have 
expertise in some specific science or engineering domain in order to 
advance the aim of applying genetic programming to that domain. The 
possibilities for domain areas are very open-ended and include, but are 
not limited to, analog circuit design, controller design, finite element 
analysis, shape optimization, operations research, mechanical design, 
signal processing, applied mathematics, chemical engineering, 
bioinformatics, biochemistry, computational biology, genomics, protein 
structure prediction, genetic networks, metabolic pathways, etc. 
Experience with, or knowledge of, genetic programming, genetic algorithms, 
or evolutionary computation, machine learning, neural networks, artificial 
intelligence, artificial life, DNA computing, etc. is a plus, but not 
required. The position offers competitive compensation and benefits. 
Compensation will be appropriate for the level of education and 
experience.

Job Opening related to Networks at JWAC

JWAC has a position open now, for the next two months, posted at
http://www.resume.hroc.navy.mil/Vacancy/Vacancy_Detail.asp?VACANCIES__VAC_ID=51613

Qualified applicants need to be US citizens, have a minimum of 2 years of graduate 
school or experience equivalent, and be able to use social networks software like
UCINET.

1. If the link above does not take directly to the announcement for a
 "social science analyst" at Dahlgren, VA, please contact Susan Grant
sgrant@jwac.osis.gov

2.You should apply via the on-line resume, but print out the job
announcement and have a copy of your resume at hand. You can cut and paste
into the on-line resume.

3. The key element in your resume is addressing the Knowledge, Skills, and
Abilities.  You must show in your on-line resume that you can do these things. 
Words saying you can do these can go in any of the text boxes on the resume. It is 
better to be literal and use the exact words in the KSA statements. You DO have to 
speak to the KSAs so your resume is forwarded through the sorting system to JWAC so 
we can interview you. You don't have to identify your "proper" GS level or speak to
those requirements -- that is done when the job offer is made.

Programmer/Analyst Position

Job Code: ESD-ST-03-02
Number of Positions:  1
Requirement Priority: Active
Job Location:         Ann Arbor, MI
Job Type:             Full Time

Job Requirements:
Years Experience:     6-10
Degree:               BA/BS Related

If interested, please contact: Diane Dorazio (diane.dorazio@altarum.org)

Position Description:
Qualified candidates must have the following skill set : BS in
Computer Science or related technical discipline, MS in Computer Science
preferred. Minimum 6 years experience in applications programming.
Experience in artificial life, non-linear systems or distributed
artificial intelligence/multi-agent-based systems (including
fine-grained emergent paradigms) preferred. Strong object-oriented design
experience with understanding of object-oriented programming languages
required. Must be proficient in JAVA, C++, XML. Must
have excellent oral skills and writing ability. Experience with theory
of chaotic systems preferred. Must have the ability to work with a
team of software engineers in a research environment. Responsibilities
include: Member of project teams and/or technical lead on
project teams involved in developing, implementing, and executing
agent-based systems, simulations, and analysis of complex systems.

Information Systems Laboratories, Inc. job opportunity

Information Systems Laboratories, Inc. is seeking an individual with
expertise in mathematical and computational modeling for a position 
involving applications of nonlinear dynamics. Candidates must have the
ability to conduct innovative research on a broad range of problems
integrating diverse disciplines. Proficiency in developing numerical
simulations in a programming environment such as Matlab, C, or Fortran is
required. Excellent written and oral communication skills are required.
Candidates must possess a Ph.D. in Physics, Math, or Engineering and have
significant research experience in nonlinear dynamical systems. U.S.
CITIZENSHIP is REQUIRED. The position is located in ISL's San Diego 
office.  Send resume to nonlinear@islinc.com, FAX: (858) 535-9848.

Jobs at NEC Labs

The NEC Research Institute (NECI), founded twelve years ago, has as its 
mission basic research in Computer Science and Physical Sciences 
underlying future technologies relevant to NEC. The Institute has research 
programs in theory, machine learning, computer vision, computational 
linguistics, web characterization and applications, bioinformatics, as 
well as research activities in Physical Sciences.

NECI is soliciting applications for full time Research Scientists in 
Computer Science. In addition to enhancing its current research efforts, 
NECI also plans to establish a group in distributed systems. Although 
these areas are preferred, NECI will consider exceptional applicants from 
other areas of computer science.

NECI offers unique and unusual opportunities to its scientists including 
great freedom in deciding basic research directions and projects; budgets 
for research, travel, equipment, and support staff that are directly 
controlled by principal researchers; and publication of all research 
results in the open literature. The Institute's laboratories are 
state-of-the-art and include several high-end parallel compute servers.  
NECI has close ties with outstanding research universities in and outside 
the Princeton area and with NEC's Central Research Laboratory (CRL) in 
Japan. Collaborations with university and CRL research groups are 
encouraged.

Full applications should include resumes, copies of selected publications, 
names of at least three references, and a two-page statement of proposed 
research directions.  Applications will be reviewed beginning January 1, 
2002. NECI is an equal opportunity employer.  For more details about NECI, 
please see http://www.neci.nj.nec.com.

Please send applications or inquiries to:

CS Search Committee Chair
NEC Research Institute
4 Independence Way
Princeton, NJ 08540
Email: compsci-candidates@research.nj.nec.com

PhD position
Sustainable Development Program
Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science
Ford Research Laboratory

The Chemistry and Environmental Science Department has an advanced
research program in Sustainable Development. This area of research and
development requires an understanding of a complex array of economic,
environmental and socio-political factors in order to consider our world's
future with associated product systems. Objectives of the project include
defining sustainable development metrics, comprised of life cycle
inventory and eco-efficiency measures, to characterize the sustainable
world and sustainable product systems. Further, integration of these
metrics within a framework that considers social, cultural, and political
factors is needed to develop an understanding of a set of influencing
factors pertaining to the acceptability of Ford's potential future product
offerings.

Background:  The successful candidate should have skills in one or more of
the following areas: theoretical physics, theoretical economics, modeling
of complex adaptive systems, sociological modeling of cultural and other
trait interactions. Skills in computer programming are required.

Contact:  Dr. John Sullivan jsulliv8@ford.com or (313) 322-6855

Moody's Investors Service - Job Posting

Title:          Senior Modeling Professional
Company:        Moody's Investors Service
Address:        99 Church Street, New York, NY  10007

Responsibilities:
Moody's Risk Management Services is currently accepting applications for
candidates with backgrounds and experience modeling credit derivatives and
loan pricing and implementing applications for finance. Moody's Risk
Management Services is actively developing advanced quantitative tools for
credit risk analysis.  Expertise in any of the following technical areas 
is highly desirable: Econometrics, Credit Risk Analysis, Mathematical 
Modeling of Derivatives and Fixed Income Instruments , Stochastic Systems, 
Statistics and Probability, Numerical Simulations, Monte Carlo Methods, 
Optimization, Statistical Fitting, Time Series Analysis of Economic Data.

Qualifications:
An advanced degree in Finance or Economics.  Five or more years of 
relevant modeling experience industry or academia.  Knowledge and 
experience with model development platforms such as S-plus, Mathematica, 
SAS or programming languages (C/C++, VBasic) is also desirable. The ideal 
candidate will also have very strong presentation skills, an ability to 
lead projects and teams, and the demonstrated ability to do and write 
technical research.

Contact Information (for resumes)
Name:           Marianne Fabozzi
E-mail:         HRBox2@moodys.com
Fax:            212-553-7875